Well, Superbowl Sunday is coming up. For me that means fast forwarding through a lot of football to get to all the new commercials. I’ve got nothing against sports, I just don’t want to watch them. And most of the time I don’t want to watch commercials either, but I make a major exception this one day a year.

When I was younger, I made the same kind of exception for church. Once I became an adult I didn’t go to church, but for several years I made an exception once a year and headed down to the Hollywood Bowl for their Easter Sunrise Service.

At the time, I felt that if anything could make you feel the presence of God, it was watching the sun come up over the top of the Bowl, while listening to a sermon punctuated by gospel singers at the top of their form.

I talked about this with God today. She said, yeah, sometimes church can be a great show. But she also told me, sometimes it’s like looking at an accident by the side of the road, it’s a little bit of horror that just slows you down on the way to wherever it is you’re really trying to get to.